“I wanted to write a Jennifer Aniston movie,” director JC Calciano tells NBC, “but for guys.” Why set your sights so low?

Happily for us, and for Calciano, he’s hit a much higher note with new gay rom-com Is It Just Me? Steadily generating buzz after a sell-out L.A. premiere and set for a New York theatrical release in October, Calciano has a hit on his hands with his first gay movie.

This sexy and smart talking film centres around a 30-ish gay guy with lots of romantic notions but too much self-doubt. He meets the man of his dreams online and things go well; a meet-up is arranged, but then Blaine (played by Nicholas Downs) realises he’s been logged in using his gay roommate’s profile by mistake and the potential love of his life has him pegged as a good-looking go-go dancer.

Hardly an original plot device, but that doesn’t really matter – straight rom-coms have had their fair share of mistaken identity love stories; time for a gay version.

NBC also interviews lead actor Downs in their article and there’s a touching bit about how making this movie helped him out of the closet, but he’s not sure if his family will be queueing up to watch it at their local theatre.

Is It Just Me? will be released on DVD later in the year, so keep an eye out for this one. Looks promising, but will it be as good as The Truth About Cats and Dogs?